Archive for the ‘biodegradation’ Category

No, no, GreenZoners, this post is not about GZ Photo Contest, but about people a little bit more advanced;).

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EcoNews: Winter is coming

October 13th, 2013

Hello GreenZoners,

we already know what is going on with leaves when autumn comes, but Mother Nature has more secrets connected with autumn and winter. What do animals do when wheather gets colder?

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Hello autumn

October 10th, 2013

Hello GrrenZoners,

is your neighbourhood look like this now?

For sure that’s how big part of Europe looks, but what with your places? Do you want to know what is going on with leaves now? Even if you can’t observe it in your country, it is good to know how Mother Nature is doing this beautiful trick with colors.

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EcoNews: Nobel Prize 2013

October 7th, 2013

Hello GreenZoners,

it is official – we know who won this year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. Tomorrow the physics Nobel will be announced, on Wednesday – chemistry.  Unfortunatelly, there is no special Nobel Prize for being green – that is why GreenZoner.com didn’t get this award yet;). Nobel Committee remember sometimes about environment – for example Al Gore and Intergovernmental Panel on Climat Change get Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.

What should we know about award announced today?

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EcoNews: red alert for bees

October 3rd, 2013

Hello GreenZoners,

do you know how do honeybees find food?  Honeybees are very selective on what they home in on – they want the best pollen and nectar yield – they do not go randomly from flower to flower. They are choosing the best place to live and eat using their sense of smell.

And now they are in real trouble…

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EcoNews: Solar panels in IKEA

October 1st, 2013

Good news for customers of IKEA, at least in United Kingdom. The world’s biggest furniture retailer plans to offer solar panel packages at all of its 17 British stores within the next 10 months.

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Dear GreenZoners,

before you read this post and watch picture, remember: we are all “green” people here and we love all animals. Even if they are not cute…

The Ugly Animal Preservation Society has been awarded the ugliest animal on this planet. The winner is… (more…)

Hello GreenZoners,

today we have for you new-old word: new in our EcoDictionary, old on our blog, cause we were writing a lot about it: HERE, HERE and HERE. Oh, HERE as well. Popular topic:).

Maybe you can explain this word without our help?

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Hello GreenZoners,

mystery of history: who did say those words? There is a lot of answers. Probably it was Moses Henry Cass – Australian Minister for the Environment and Conservationn in 1974.

But… what if he just said “Native American Proverb”?We can find “Native American Proverb” as a source of this sentence.

Guys, it doesn’t really matter: the most important is wisdom of this words. This is probably the most famous quote about an ecology.

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It doesn’t look amazing or impressive but it is a really important new discovery: scientists found the earliest human bone in northern Britain.

What do you think, how old is this?

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